ALKALINE TRIO - Those Lungs lyrics

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Now I lay me down to pass out wasted again.<br />

I guess that makes this the seventh time this week.<br />

There's some words in my head that could keep me from dying.<br />

Are you handling this any better than I am?<br />

If I keep it together would you promise to keep us together?<br />

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Oh, sometimes we lose each other,<br />

But please don't lose your tongue.<br />

When I get home I'll keep you up for hours<br />

I'm gonna need breath in those lungs.<br />

And when you're finally able to fall asleep,<br />

Though, the sun might disagree,<br />

I'm gonna lay right there and watch you breathe<br />

'Til you wake up to me.<br />

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How's it happen that I get to have you for so long?<br />

But then your just ripped away from me as I get tossed out to the sea<br />

To fight the sharks out there and wait for a wind swell<br />

Oh, I'm kind of like a sailor back in 1942<br />

Yeah, I wanna fight the good fight, but goddamn I'm gonna miss you.<br />

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Oh, sometimes we lose each other,<br />

But please don't lose your tongue.<br />

When I get home I'll keep you up for hours<br />

I'm gonna need breath in those lungs.<br />

And when you're finally able to fall asleep<br />

Though, the sun might disagree<br />

I'm gonna lay right there and watch you breathe<br />

'Til you wake up to me.<br />

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Please don't lose your tongue.<br />

Please don't lose those lungs.<br />

<br />

Oh, sometimes we lose each other,<br />

But please don't lose your tongue.<br />

When I get home I'll keep you up for hours<br />

I'm gonna need breath in those lungs.<br />

And when you're finally able to fall asleep,<br />

Though, the sun might disagree,<br />

I am gonna lay right there and watch you breathe<br />

'Til you wake up to me.

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<i>[Thanks to Nick for these lyrics]</i><br>

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